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A book, THOMPSON G - Spot-On diecast models by Tri-ang, a catalogue and collectors guide, as new in dust cover (M)

Stirling and Fife - Nimmo, William The history of Stirlingshire. London, 1880, third edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, original green cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, inner hinges weak, ink inscripition and stamp on front endpaper; Monteath, John Dunblane traditions. Glasgow, 1887, 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary cloth, paper label; Stirling The merchants' guide book to Stirling & District. Stirling, [no date], 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, some offsetting to advert endpapers; Beveridge, D. Between the Ochils and Forth. Edinburgh, 1888, 8vo, original blue cloth; Wilkie, James Bygone Fife. Edinburgh, 1931, 8vo, colour frontispiece, original cloth, dustwrapper, faded; Ibid. The Benedictine monasteries of Northern Fife. Edinburgh, 1927, 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn; Ross, Rev. William Aberdour and Inchcolme. Edinburgh, 1885, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and another copy; Hay, George History of Arbroath. Arbroath, 1876, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt; Lang, Andrew St. Andrews. London, 1893, 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth gilt, foxing to prelims; Stair-Kerr, Eric Stirling Castle. Stirling, 1928, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth; McKay, Archibald A history of Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock, 1848, 8vo, original cloth gilt, some browning; and 32 others (49)

A fine and unbroken run of The John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack from the first year of issue to 1864 to the current 145th edition of 2008, from 1864 to 1935 uniformly bound in reddish-brown cloth with gilt titling to spine, the original paper wrappers preserved in the following volumes 1870 to 1878 inclusive, 1930, 1931, 1933 & 1934, also 1923 back wrapper only and 1922 back wrapper partially preserved, the run continuing with unbound almanacks for 1936 & 1937 paper wrappers, 1938 to 1945 limp linen, 1946 to 1950 hardback, 1951 to 1974 limp linen, 1975 hardback with d/j, 1976 to 1978 limp linen, 1979 hardback with d/j, 1980 to 1981 limp linen, 1982 hardback with d/j, 1983 & 1984 limp linen, 1985 hardback with d/j, 1986 to 1988 limp linen, 1989 hardback with d/j, 1990 limp linen, 1991 to 1993 hardback with d/j, 1994 limp linen, 1995 to 2008 hardback with d/j. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as ‘the bible of Cricket’ is by far the best known reference book concerned with the sport of cricket and is one of the most famous and long running sports reference books published in the UK. It was founded in 1864 by the English cricketer John Wisden (1826-1884) as a competitor to Lillywhite’s Guide to Cricketers (see lot 811). Its annual publication has continued uninterrupted to the present day, including through the First and Second World War periods. The sixth edition was the first published under its current title; the first five were published as The Cricketer’s Almanack, with the apostrophe before the ‘s’. It has had only 15 editors in over 140 years, including Sydney Pardon for 35 editions (1891 to 1925) and Norman Preston for 29 editions (1952 to 1980). Matthew Engel is the current editor although Scyld Berry edited 2008 while Engel takes a sabbatical. Wisden has always been a small-paged but increasingly a very thick book (over 1500 pages in modern editions). The distinctive bright yellow cover has been carried since the 75th edition in 1938. In previous years, covers varied between yellow, buff and salmon pink. The 75th edition was the first to display the famous woodcut of two Victorian cricketers by Eric Ravilious on its cover. In 2003 the woodcut gave way to photographic portraits of a contemporary cricketer. In 2006 and 2007, a larger format edition has been published on an experimental basis. Wisden was acquired and published by Robert Maxwell’s publishing conglomerate, Macdonald, in the 1970s. Sir Paul Getty bought the company, John Wisden & Co, in 1993. They are now highly desirable collectors’ items. In May 2007 Graham Budd Auctions set a world record auction price by selling a collection from first year of issue for £120000. This lot represents another rare opportunity to instantly acquire a collection in its entirety.

Weatherby’s The Racing Calendar, unbroken runs for 1900 to 1913, 1918 to 1921, 1923 to 1938 and 1940 to 1971, duplicates for 1903, 1945 & 1946 and triplicates for 1904 to 1906 inclusive; together with Racing Calendar Races Past, 31 vols being an unbroken run for 29th April 1939 to 30th June 1945; Racing Calendar Races To Come, 6 vols for 1944 to 1948 inc. and 1950; Racing Calendar Races Past soft-back editions, 9 vols ranging To April 25th 1945-To August 25th 1947; the lot also including 10 vols of Weatherby’s General Stud Book and the Spring 1920 edition of Ruff’s Guide To The Turf (a qty.)

The South and East African Year Book and Guide for 1919

Ward Lock Illustrated Guide Books; "Whitby" 1923, "Folkstone" 1936, "Bexhill" 1950, Baker; "Pictures from Bohemia" circa 1903 and 1 other book. (5).

Bruce, J. Collingwood. The Hand-Book to the Roman Wall: A Guide to Tourists Traversing the Barrier of the Lower Isthmus, second edition, Smith & Reid, London & Newcastle 1884. Pictorial green cloth gilt, engraved plates, folding plan, text illustrations, octavo; Wright, Nicholas. Knights and Peasants: The Hundred Years War in the French Countryside, first edition, Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1998. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; and assorted other works, most of historical interest, (box).

JOSEPH ASTON: A PICTURE OF MANCHESTER, [1826], 3rd edn, engrd fdg frontis plan, bnd in with THE NEW MANCHESTER GUIDE OR USEFUL POCKET COMPANION ------, 1815, new edn, engrd fdg frontis map, engrd fdg plan, 12 mo, old hf cf worn, rebkd (not recent), split at spine + W COOKE TAYLOR: NOTES OF A TOUR IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS OF LANCASHIRE, 1842, 2nd edn, old cf gt, spine gt in compartments + JAMES CARR: ANNALS AND STORIES OF COLNE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, Colne 1876, lacks wraps + B LOVE: THE HAND-BOOK OF MANCHESTER, 1842, lacks frontis, orig blind stpd cl worn, inner jnts split (4)

WALTER RYE: 5 TTLS: TOURIST’S GUIDE TO THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK ------, 1879, 1st edn, fdg frontis map, orig cl gt, contents loose, A HISTORY OF NORFOLK, 1885, 1st edn, orig two tone cl worn, THE NORWICH RATE BOOK, 1903, orig bds, A SHORT CALENDAR OF THE DEEDS RELATING TO NORWICH, 1903, Lib cl, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ANCIENT ATHLETE AND ANTIQUARY, 1916, rebound, mod cl, (5)

KENNETH MANSFIELD "The Art of Angling", 1960, three volume re-print, published by The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd., F.G. AFLALO "British Saltwater Fish", published Hutchinson & Co., 1904, "The 2nd Angling Times Book", "The 3rd Angling TImes Book", BERNARD VENABLES "Guide to Angling Waters, South East England", a 1951 edition of "The Shooters BIble" and a re-printed 1926 Milward-Bartlett Catalogue

JAMES LEIGHTON HARDY "The House the Hardy Brothers Built", published 1998 by The Fly Fishers Classic Library, a limited edition leather bound version No'd 525/950 and housed in original slip, AUGUSTUS GRIMBLE "The Salmon Rivers of England & Wales", H.T. SHERINGHAM "Coarse Fishing", GLENN STOCKWELL "Fly Reels of the House of Hardy", E.G. BOULENGER "British Anglers Natural History", ROBIN ARMSTRONG "Split Cane & Sable", "One Man, One Rod", Exhibition Guide Book for The British Engineerium, and a ring bound catalogue of copies of K.P. MORRITT

Antonetto & Donnini - Swatcher; Carrera - Hours of Love; The Lancashire Watch Company 1889-1910 Catalogue Part I-III; The Ehrhardts - Master Book Price Guide Gruen Guild (4)

Cookery. A manuscript recipe book circa 1830s and later, small 4to, with 180pp recipes (one dated 1837), and 24pp in a late 19th century hand, a few insertions, general use or time staining, worn cloth binding; COLE (Mrs Mary) The Lady's Complete Guide or Cookery in all its Branches, London: for G Kearsley 1788, 8vo, title inner margin repaired with some loss to text, other leaves working loose, corners rubbed, some creases and marks, spine split at p224, in need of rebinding (2)

Literature: The Official Guide to the L&NWR 1912 with integral map, BR (Midland) Electrified Lines Instructions book 1960, three-part British Rail linen backed maps of Britain in black slip case, It Can now Be Revealed 1945, LMS Football leaflets 1938-1939, excursion leaflets, selection of colour railway photographs, small publications including Ian Allen and twenty-one videos on railways Part

Wright's Book of Steeplechasing & Hurdle Racing, a scarce earlier equivalent of Steeple-Chases Past, 5 vols for seasons 1851-52 to 1855-56 inclusive; together with a forerunner for the calendar year 1847 with the front cover inscribed in ink E.W. TOPHAM 'THE WIZARD,' also dedicated to Rt. Hon. The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn from Henry Corbet; and Wright's Turf Guide for 1866, the red morocco cover inscribed gilt E.W. TOPHAM ESQ., manuscript inscription inside 'With Mr Wright's Compliments' (7)

TRASH, F. (pub) 'The Stranger's Guide and Historical & Biographical Hand-Book To Oxford....To Which is Added A Description of Blenheim,The Roman Villa, and Shotover House', Oxford, nd. 6mo. 10 engrd. plts. 1/2 leather scuffed. Tog.with other Oxford interest. 8

Ord-Hume - The Musical Clock, Musical & Automaton Clocks & Watches, 1995, dust jacket; Loomes - Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, volume II, second edition; Baillie - Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World volume I; Jaeger Le Coultre - The Manufacturer’s Book of Timepieces; two Miller’s Clocks & Barometers Buyers Guides; Nicholls - Clocks in Coloure; Shenton - The Price Guide to Clocks 1840-1940; together with various DVDs relating to clock repairing

A George III mahogany Carlton House desk, circa 1795, the fitted superstructure with cupboards and drawers over a leather inset writing surface on an adjustable ratchet above three long drawers, 100cm (39in) high, 145cm (57in) wide, 78cm (30Iin) deep. The Carlton House Desk takes its name from the Prince of Wales' (later George IV) Pall Mall residence which was given to him on his coming of age in 1783. Said to have been ordered by the Prince as a reward for one of his entourage, the desk is characterised by the U shaped form of the upper drawers and was usually made from mahogany or satinwood. Designs for this type of desk appear in both George Hepplewhite's Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide and Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book

Stamps - A GB and Commonwealth collection, with some others, mint and used, 19th century and later, including 1953 Coronation issues, (six albums); with a Stanley Gibbons Colour Guide; and a book of related interest, (8).

COLLECTION OF 4 GARDENING BOOKS, INCLUDING THE FRUIT GROWERS GUIDE, BY HORACE WRIGHT, 2 VOLS, WITH DUST COVERS, CLOTH BOARDS AND GILT TITLES, TOGETHER WITH THE AMATEUR ORCHID CULTIVATORS GUIDE BOOK, BURBERRY, 4TH EDITION, 1915 AND CARNATIONS FOR EVERY GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE, COUNTRY LIFE

DAVIDSON (H.C) THE BOOK OF THE HOME a practical guide to household management, 8 vols, London 1904, col plts and black and white illustrations, contemp, dec cloth

Clark (J.H.). Usk and its Neighbourhood, Usk, [J. H. Clark], [1856], two engraved plates, extensive ink scoring in the four-page Directory at the end, orig. red cloth, rebacked, together with A Brief Account of the Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of the Wye between Ross and Chepstow, Gloucester, T. Jew, 1836, 32 pages, orig. printed wrappers, slightly frayed, and Black (A. and C.), Black's Guide to the Counties of Hereford & Monmouth, 1873, folding map, illustrations, Black's 84-page "Guide Book Advertiser" at the end, orig. green cloth, and Clark (Arthur), Raglan Castle and the Civil War in Monmouthshire, Chepstow, 1953, illusts., orig. blue cloth, and Johns (W. N.), Johns's Directory of Newport and Neighbourhood 1881, orig. blue cloth, spine bumped, gilt lettering dull, and others, Monmouthshire guides, history, and topography, 8vo et infra (54)

Cliffe (Charles Frederick). The Book of South Wales, the Bristol Channel, Monmouthshire, and the Wye. A Companion and Guide ... With a Picture of Bristol, 1st ed., Hamilton, Adams, 1847, with the illustrations as called for, including folding engraved plates and two folding maps, some soiling and staining, orig. green cloth, gilt, rubbed, backstrip almost det., hinges weak, together with The Book of South Wales, the Bristol Channel, Monmouthshire, and the Wye ... Second Edition, Enlarged, Hamilton, Adams, 1848, with the illustrations as called for, including folding engraved plates and two folding maps, orig. green cloth, gilt, a trifle rubbed, an excellent copy, small 8vo (2)

Baker (James). A Picturesque Guide through Wales and the Marches; interspersed with the most Interesting Subjects of Antiquity in that Principality. The Second Edition; with Considerable Alterations and Additions, 2 vols., Worcester: Printed and Sold by J. Tymbs, 1795, vol. 1 with a letterpress title-page only, without the additional engraved title-page, viii + 186 pages, with two hand-coloured ribbon maps, and thirty-six hand-coloured aquatint plates, including two duplicates; vol. 2 without a title-page, comprising Introduction, 1 leaf, and text pages [5]-258, ending at the description of Downton Castle with the catchword "On", with thirty-five uncoloured aquatint plates, including three duplicated from Vol. 1, some light foxing, all the plates with tissue guards, in an excellent recent full calf binding by Habib Dingle, with a printed colophon on matching paper describing the binding and the insertion of some leaves of text into Vol. 2, small 4to. See Abbey, Scenery, 514. Abbey remarks on the "haphazard method of publication" of this attractive but fiendishly complicated book. His copy is in three volumes, Vols. 1 and 3 being second editions, all with letterpress title-pages. His Vol. 3 is comparatively short, with pagination continuous with Vol. 2, and he speculates that in the original printing it was regarded more a continuation of Vol. 2 than a separate volume. Our Vol. 1 paginates as his; our Vol. 2 is at variance with his pagination of Vols. 2 and 3. His copy contains only fifty-eight aquatint plates, all uncoloured. No List of Plates is given, and there is evidence that at least some of the plates were issued after the completion of the book. Very little exact information about other copies is available, but it seems that the number of plates and their subjects vary from copy to copy. Sold, therefore, not subject to return. (2)

Davies (James). A Book for the Aged, Consisting of Discourses and Devotions Suited to their State and Condition, 1st ed., 1710, some spotting, contemp. gilt panelled calf, worn on spine, slim 8vo, together with Thomas (B.), The Shooter's Guide; Or, Complete Sportsman's Companion: Containing Instructions for all the Attainment of the Art of Shooting Flying ... with a Comprehensive View of the Game Laws, 7th ed., enlarged, 1824, eng. frontis. and four eng. plts. after Howitt, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed, small 8vo, plus Lloyd (L.), Field Sports of the North of Europe; Comprised in a Personal Narrative of a Residence in Sweden and Norway, in the Years 1827-28, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1830, eng. plts. on india paper (one loose and torn), several maps, contemp. red half morocco, gilt dec. spines, worn, 8vo, and other misc. antiquarian (a carton)

J H SLATER: THE ROMANCE OF BOOK-COLLECTING, 1888, 1st edn, orig deco cl gt + CHARLES KNIGHT: SHADOWS OF THE OLD BOOK SELLERS, 1927, 1st edn, orig cl + RUARI McLEAN: MODERN BOOK DESIGN, 1951, 1st edn, orig wraps + A W LEWIS: BASIC BOOK BINDING, 1952, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + BRITISH MUSEUM: A GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KINGS LIBRARY ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF PRINTING, MUSIC AND BOOK BINDING, 1939, 1st edn, orig bds + JOHN CARTER AND MICHEAL SADLEIR: VICTORIAN FICTION AND AN EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL ADDITIONS --------, 1947, 1st edn, orig cl d/w +MODERN BOOKS AND WRITERS THE CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION, National Book League 1951, 1st edn, orig wraps + THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS, National Book League 1951, 1st edn, orig wraps + HENRY PETROSKI: THE BOOK OF THE BOOK SHELF, NY 1999, reprint, orig cl bkd bd d/w + 2 others similar (11)

PETER DWIGHT WHITNEY: WHITE-WATER SPORT RUNNING RAPIDS IN KAYAKS AND CANOES, NY 1960, orig cl + R H McCARTHY: CANOEING, 1951, orig cl d/w + W G LUSCOMBE & L J BIRD: CANOEING, 1961, 3rd edn compl revised, orig cl d/w + RAYMOND BRIDGE: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO KAYAKING, NY 1978, orig cl d/w + DEREK HUTCHINSON: SEA CANOEING, 1976, 1st edn, orig pict laminated bds + G RICHARDS & P WIDE: THE COMPLETE BOOK OF CANOEING AND KAYAKING, 1981, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + 6 other similar (12)

CYCLIST’S TOURING CLUB: COMPANION TO THE BRITISH ROAD BOOK, 2 ttls 1898 1st edn vol 1 (southern counties Kent to Cornwall) orig limp cl gt, CONTINENTAL ROAD BOOK SOUTH AND CENTRAL EUROPE (SOUTH EUROPE AND SWITZERLAND), ED W G W Goodworth 1901 3rd edn 2 fldg maps in pockets at front and end orig cl gt + CHARLES HOWARD: THE ROADS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AN ITINERARY FOR CYCLISTS TOURISTS AND TRAVELLERS, 1889 5th edn orig blind stamp cl gt + CHARLES P SISLEY: WHEEL MARKS CYCLE TOURS AT HOME AND ABROAD (REPRINTED FROM “CYCLING”) circa 1890 orig bds worn and taped + GEORGE F CHAMBERS: TOURISTS GUIDE TO THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, 1880 2nd edn fldg frontiss map loose orig blind stamp cl gt + HAYDON PERRY: THE SECOND BOOK OF ROAD AND LANE A HANDBOOK FOR MANCHESTER CYCLISTS AND TOURISTS, Manchester Able Heywood & So [1897] orig pict cl + R T LANG: CYCLISTS GUIDE TO NORTH EASTERN ENGLAND, 1900 fldg frontiss map orig cl silver + ARTHUR C ARMSTRONG AND HARRY R G INGLIS: SHORT SPINS ROUND LONDON SOUTH OF THE THAMES, 1907 orig pict bds worn + 4 others (12)

bechtel (H.). Cribb (P.) and Launert (E.) The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species, 1981 dw, 1st ed; Hawkes (Alex D.) Encyclopaedia of Cultivated Orchids, 1965, dw, 1st ed; Watson (W.) Orchids, 1890, cold. and b/w plts, dec. cl. gt, aeg; Burberry (H.A.) The Amateur Orchid Cultivator's Guide Book, 1895, cold. illus, orig. cl. gt; Williams (B.S.) The Orchid Growers Manual, 1894, dec. cl. gt; Sanders, Sanders' List of Orchid Hybrids, 4 vols, cl; Fowlie (J.A.) The Genus Lycaste, 1970, fo, cold. plts, bds; with Other Volumes on orchids (qty.)

belfast Naturalists' Field Club. Guide to Belfast And The Adjacent Counties, 1874 orig. cl; Whitty (St. J.) The Flaming Wheel: Nature Studies in the Counties of Dublin and Wicklow, 1924, orig. cl; Fairley (J.S.) An Irish Beast Book, 1975, dw; Praeger (R.L.) A Tourist's Flora of the West of Ireland, 1909, orig. cl; idem. A Populous Solitude, 1941, cl; idem. Natural History of Ireland, 1950, dw; with Another Copy in cl. (7)

godkin (J.) and Walker (J.A.) The New Hand-Book of Ireland, An Illustrated Guide For Tourists And Travellers, n.d. fold-out map (torn), 16 litho. plts. incl. advts. (spotted), orig. cl. gt. (rubbed); Bartholomew (J.) Philips' Handy Atlas of The Counties of Ireland, 33 cold. maps, orig. cl. gt; Baddeley (M.J.B.) Ireland (Thorough Guide Series) 1897-1901, 2 vols, fold-out maps, orig. cl. gt; Croker (T.C.) Killarney Legends, 1853, 5 engd. plts. and vignette (as called for), orig. cl. gt; Another Copy, 1879, 5 engd. plts. and engd. title, orig. cl. gt; Gorges (M.) Killarney (Beautiful Ireland), 1912, 12 cold. plts. (all present), orig. cl. with 3 view books of Killarney, 2 with chromo-lithos. (10)

A WICKER CREEL of eliptypical typical form, 15ins wide x 7ins deep, with a webbing shoulder strap and contains a guide to fishing in Scotland, details of how to cast a trout fly, Hardy's guide to reservoir angling and the Hardy book of flies, a Hardy fishing tackle guide and Hardy's anglers catalogue, 1976 price list together with a record book of caught fish.

Collens (J.H.).. Guide to Trinidad. A Hand-Book for the Use of Tourists and Visitors, pub. Port-of-Spain, 1887, mounted albumen photo. frontis., folding map, commercial ads. at rear, orig. linen-backed printed boards, chipped at edges, rear cover cracked in two, 8vo, together with Curzon (Right Hon. George N., M.P.), Problems of the Far East. Japan-Korea-China, new ed., revised, 1896, b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Sollas (W.J.), Ancient Hunters and their Modern Representatives, 2nd ed., 1915, folding panoramic frontis., num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on joints, 8vo, and other travel and exploration, etc., all ex Prinknash Abbey (3 shelves)

SAMUEL MAUNDER: THE TREASURY OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1858, rebnd, mod cl + H GUARD KNAGGS: THE LEPIDOPTERIST’S GUIDE INTENDED FOR THE USE OF THE YOUNG COLLECTOR, 1871, new edn, orig pict cl worn, inner jnts crudely reinforced +W J LUCAS: THE BOOK OF BRITISH HAWK-MONTHS, 1895, 1st edn, orig decor cl gt + REV J G WOOD: OUT OF DOORS, 1908, new impress, orig cl gt + J W WILLIAMS AND OTHERS: LAND AND FRESH-WATER SHELLS ---, 1889, 1st edn, orig pict cl (5)

CHRISTOPHER STOATE: TAXIDERMY THE REVIVAL OF A NATURAL ART, 1987, 1st edn, sgnd and dedicated, orig cl d/w + GERALD J GRANTZ: HOME BOOK OF TAXIDERMY AND TANNING, Pennsylvania 1969, orig cl d/w + WADDY F McFALL: TAXIDERMY STEP BY STEP, Oklahoma 1975, orig cl d/w + JOHN W MOYER: PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY, NY 1953, orig cl gt + RUSSELL TINSLEY: SHOOTER’S BIBLE TAXIDERMY GUIDE, New Jersey 1967, orig pict wraps + JOHN C METCALF: TAXIDERMY A COMPLETE MANUAL, 1981 1st edn, orig pict wraps (6)

Davies (John). The Innkeeper and Butler's Guide, or a Directory in the Making and Managing of British Wines; Together with Directions for the Managing, Colouring and Flavouring of Foreign Wines and Spirits, and for making British Compounds, Peppermint, Anniseed, Shrub, &c., 2nd ed., printed by George Wilson, Leeds, 1806, 200pp., some dust soiling, sewing weak, edges untrimmed, modern bookplate to upper pastedown, contemp. marbled boards with old cloth spine, rubbed and worn, 12mo, together with A New Family Receipt Book, Containing all the Truly Valuable Receipts for Various Branches of Cookery: Selected from the Best Authorities, to which is added a Number of Valuable Receipts for Brewing, and Several for Removing Spots and Stains from Silk, Linen, and Woolen Cloths, Hartford, 1829, 24pp., some closed tears, browning and staining, modern library bookplate to upper pastedown, contemp. boards, slightly worn & marked, slim 12mo, (no UK location found, not in Bitting or Cagle etc.), with Gray (Barry & Savage, John), Ale: in Prose and Verse, New York, 1866, litho frontis., eight litho & six wood eng. plts., some browning & light damp staining throughout, sewing broken and pages loose, orig. cloth, lacks most of spine and covers near detached, slim 8vo, plus Auction catalogue, Important Annual Sale of High-Class Wines, Messrs. Jonas Paxton, Son, & Castle have received instructions from Messrs. James Pettit & Company to Sell by Auction, at the George Inn, Bicester, on Friday, July the 5th, 1878, 12pp., sewn as issued, slim 12mo (4)

A fine vintage croquet stand complete with two sets of croquet equipment and a set of wooden balls, the stand of mahogany and walnut construction with ball and claw feet, featuring a front and back storage facility, the front storage containing a complete competition rules specified set of croquet equipment, comprising: 6 wood & leather hoops with metal ground spikes, 4 wooden balls, in used condition, 4 hardwood mallets with leather grip handles, 4 boundary markers in wood, leather and brass, 4 corner markers in metal and leather, 1 mallet in hardwood with a leather handle, 2 marking guides in copper, brass, leather, in one unit, 1 starting post in wood & leather and with a metal ground spike, 1 finishing post in wood & leather and with a metal ground spike, 1 marker stake in wood, leather and brass, the back storage compartment contains a junior of ladies croquet set, lacking the original set of balls but including: 4 small headed wooden mallets, 4 corner flags in metal with leather finish, 1 mallet in wood and leather, 1 marker spike in wood, metal and leather, 1 starter post in wood and metal, 1 finishing post in wood and metal, the top of the stand is fitted with an unusual wood and leather book titled 'Illustrated Croquet Guide and Instructions' and enclosing a 5 page rule book in French, the brass rail at the rear retains in place the balls, mallets handles

New York--Smith, J. Calvin The illustrated hand-book, a new guide for travelers through the United States of America. New York: Sherman & Smith, 1849, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, large folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline with inset map of New York, Boston and Albany, illustrations in text, advertisement leaf before title, original red cloth gilt, binding lightly soiled

Aristotle - Alexander, Aphrodisiensis In octo libros topicorum Aristotelis exlicatio … Antonius Muretus nunc primum latine & eleganter interpretus est. Venice: Ioan. Gryphius excudebat, 1554. Folio, printer's device on the title-page, text in two columns, woodcut initials,18th century vellum, worm trail at inner edge of lower margin, with the terracotta book plate of the University of Chicago Library. Note: Not in Adams, Riley, BM, STC Italian Books. Index Aureliensis 103.356 [Hieoronymus Scotus] [Greek title] In topica Aristotelis, commenatrii. Venice: in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, 1513 [1514]. Folio, Aldine anchor device on the titlepage, capitals left blank with guide letters, 18th centurymarbled wrappers, margins dusty crude repairs to p. 67 (no loss) and some other marginal repairs, p.107 torn, repaired with loss of text, and other faults Note: Adams A 665; Riley 251; Renouard 251; Index Aureliensis 103.323. Thyo, Angelo Quaesitum et praecognitiones libri praedicamentorum: Porphyrii quae cum opinionibus omnium nostri temporis philosophorum … [Padua]: Bernardino de Bindonis & Iacobus Fabrianus socii excudebant, 1547. Folio, device on the titlepage, text in two columns, woodcut initials, disbound, some leaves with marginal water staining Note: Not in Adams or the BM. (3)

The South and East African Year Book and Guide 1947 edition

A Miniature Pocket Globe "The Earth and It's Inhabitants" with small guide book, having multicoloured decoration depicting various national figures

A collection of Mauchline ware items comprising: a needle case with view of Martyrs Monument; a watch case with view of Doune Castle; a cradle with view of Old Bride Berwick on Tweed; beaker case with view of Old Mortality and pony; a guide to Doune Castle with view on both covers; a small trinket box with view of Wallace Monument; and a small book with view of Wallace Monument (7)

Egan; "The Illustrated Guide to the City and County of Kilkenny" c. 1885, gilt Kilkenny Castle to front cover, gilt author and title to front cover and spine, the book also has adverts and the Parliamentary Electors of the County of Kilkenny at back of book. (1).

Chronicles of Cricket, reprints of Nyren's Cricketer's guide and Denison's Sketches of the Players, published by Swan Sonnenschein, green cloth, 8vo, 1888; Cricket Who's Who-the Cricket Blue Book 1911, distressed condition and Bat v. Ball 1864-1900 by J.H. Lester. (3)

Railways: British Railways Rule Book 1950, BR (LMR) Instructions Book, BR (LMR) Electrified Lines Instructions Book, time-tables, G.W.R. 'Through The Window' Paddington to Penzance 1928 and reprint of Bradshaw's 1922 Railway Guide (25)

Gray (George Carrington). Gray's New Book of Roads. The Tourist and Traveller's Guide to the Roads of England and Wales, and Part of Scotland, on an Entirely New Plan, pub. Sherwood, Jones & Co., 1824, additional engraved title, folding hand coloured map of England & Wales and 49 uncoloured engraved county maps (some folding), all complete as listed, contemp. half morocco, upper board detached, 12mo. Chubb CCCXCII. (1)

Hall (Mr. & Mrs. S.C.). The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast, 1861, map, num. wood-engs. in the text, contemp. full purple morocco, gilt border to sides enclosing an ornate gilt panel, spine lettered and decorated in gilt in compartments between raised bands, slightly faded and rubbed, a.e.g., together with The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast. Part I. The Tourist's Companion from Gloucester to Ross and Monmouth [and] Part II. A Guide to Raglan Castle, two parts in 1 vol., 1861, num. wood engs. in the text, orig. green cloth, frayed at extrems., printed paper label on the upper cover, both 8vo. (2)

British Empire Exhibition. An original purpose-made portfolio of official printed catalogues and illustrated souvenirs, published by Fleetway Press for the British Empire Exhibition, 1925, consisting of Official Guide, Official Catalogue, Souvenir Pictures, 2 x Illustrated Souvenir of the Palace of Arts, British Empire Exhibition, Official Illustrated Catalogue of the Queen's Dolls House, British Empire Exhibition Opening Ceremony, 1924 & 1925, Empire Thanksgiving Service, May 25th 1924, and Souvenir Picture Book, plus twenty-eight British Empire Exhibition photographic postcards, all loosely contained in orig. dark-brown full morocco drop-over portfolio, with clasp, in excellent condition, small 4to. (1)

Antiquarian. The Young Clerks Assistant or Penmanship made Easy, no date, 8vo, incomplete, bound with Picart's A New Drawing Book of Modes, engraved title and plates numbered 2 to 13, rather soiled in damaged binding; Coke, J. The Debate Betwene the Heraldes of Englande and Fraunce, 1550, 16mo, vellum, incomplete, with most leaves from B1 to L7 only; A Guide to St Thomas's Day, being an Address to the Electors of the Common Council on the Subject of the Mansion House.., for T Cooper 1738, 8vo, browned, etc (5)

Fincham (Henry W.). Artists and Engravers of British and American Book Plates. A Book of Reference for Book Plate and Print Collectors, 1st ed., 1897,. num. b & w illusts., orig. two-tone cloth gilt, a little rubbed and upper cover marked, 4to, (1050 copies printed), together with Warren (John Byrne Lester), A Guide to the Study of Book Plates (Ex-libris), 1st ed., Manchester, 1900, b & w illusts., orig. cloth with paper label to spine (a little chipped), 8vo, plus Sherborn (Charles Davies), A Sketch of the Life and Work of Charles William Sherborn, Painter-Etcher, with a Catalogue of his Bookplates, Compiled by Himself and George Heath Viner, 1st ed., 1912, port. frontis., b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. linen-backed boards, a little rubbed and marked, small 4to, (525 copies printed), and others of book plate interest, including journals, etc. (2 cartons)

Peppin (Brigid & Micklethwait, Lucy). Dictionary of British Book Illustrators - The Twentieth Century, 1983, numerous b & w illusts., orig. cloth in price-clipped d.j., spine faded, 4to, together with Linder (Leslie), A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, 1971, numerous col. and b & w plts. and illusts., ex. lib., with ink stamp to title verso and label removed from front pastedown, orig. boards, marked, and with sellotape to upper and lower edges of covers, in price-clipped d.j., chipped and frayed, and with faded spine, large 8vo, plus Davies (John), The Innkeeper and Butlers Guide, or A Directory in the Making and Managing of British Wines; together with Directions for the Managing, Colouring and Flavouring of Foreign Wines and Spirits, and for Making British Compounds, Peppermint, Anniseed, Shrub, &c. &c., 4th ed., George Wilson, Leeds, 1807, foxed, lacking final two leaves (of Index), modern cloth-backed boards, 12mo in 6s, plus a quantity of other books, mostly bibliography and cookery related, but incl. a few books on horses (carton)

RAILWAY. Railway Clearing House. General Classification of Goods ... orig wraps bound in cont cl, 8vo Euston 1871 vg; plus 14 other rly books etc incl Isle of Wight rly guide book 1888 orig wps.

A 19th Century stoneware bottle, impressed 'H. Churchman ... Horsham', another, impressed 'W. Penn ... Chichester', a 'Doulton's Improved Foot Warmer', two other footwarmers, two stoneware jars, three glass bottles and a Sussex Bottle Collector's Guide book.

GROUP OF BOOKS RELATING TO MAPS AND MAP-MAKING; comprising, Tooley R.V., "Maps and Map-Makers", pub. New York 1962; Moreland & Bannister, "Antique Maps A Collector's Guide", pub. London 1989; Pigot & Co's British Atlas, reprint of 1980; Goss, John, "Braun & Hogenberg's City Maps of Europe", pub. London 1991; "Thomas Moule The County Maps of Old England", reprinted 1992, introd. Roderick Barron; Potter, Jonathan, "Country Life Book of Antique Maps", pub. London 1988; and Baynton-Williams, Ashley, "Town and City Maps of the British Isles 1800-1855", pub. London 1992. (7)

'Design In The Festival' book, 1951 illustrated review of British goods and an exhibition architecture guide

Bainbridge (G.C.). The Fly Fisher's Guide, Illustrated by Coloured Plates, Representing Upwards of Forty of the Most Useful Flies Accurately Copied from Nature, 2nd ed., with Additions, Liverpool, 1828, nine plts., of which eight are hand-col., some with contemp. neatly pencilled annotations, mostly to margins, frontis. offset to title, endpapers lightly spotted, book ticket of Commander E.R. Lewes, late 19th c. cloth gilt, with Foyle's gilt stamp to foot of spine, spine a little faded and v. sl. rubbed at ends, 8vo in 4's. Westwood & Satchell, pp.20-21. (1)

Perth--Knox, James. The Topography of the Basin of the Tay. Edinburgh, 1831 first edition, 12mo, 3 engraved plates, half calf gilt; [Anon.] A Guide to the City of Perth. Perth: R. Morison, 1813 12mo, folding map hand-coloured in outline (short tear repaired), half calf, spine gilt; [Cant, James] Memorabilia of the City of Perth. Perth: W. Morison, 1806 8vo, additional engraved title, folding map and 2 engraved plates, green half morocco gilt, spine faded; Guide to the City and County of Perth. Perth: R. Morison, 1824 fourth edition, 8vo, additional title, folding plan, map and 9 plates, contemporary half sheep, some spotting, slightly rubbed; Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth. Transactions. Perth: R. Morison, 1827 volume 1 only, 4to, plates, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, offsetting to title, joints splitting; Milne, R. The Blackfriars of Perth. Edinburgh, 1893 4to, number 249 of 250 copies, original buckram, spine darkened; Lawson, J.P. The Book of Perth. Edinburgh, 1847 8vo, 3 engraved plates, original cloth; Harvie-Brown, J.A. A Fauna of the Tay Basin & Strathmore. Edinburgh, 1906 8vo, plates, publisher's cloth; White, F.B.W. The Flora of Perthshire, 1898 8vo, map, publisher's cloth; The Natural History of the Banks of the Tay. Perth, 1895 8vo, cloth, soiled (10)

[Locke, James]. Tweed and Don; or, Recollections and Reflections of an Angler for the last Fifty Years. Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, 1860 first edition, engraved frontispiece, illustrations in text, original pictorial maroon cloth, [Westwood & Satchell, p.136], uncut and unopened, spine and part of covers faded; Bertram, James Glass The Border Angler: a Guide-Book to the Tweed and its Tributaries and other streams commanded by the North British Railway. Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, 1858 first edition, 8vo, folding engraved map, half-title, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, [Westwood & Satchell, p.31], joints lightly rubbed (2)

"A CATALOGUE OF BINDINGS" by Maggs, London 1921, together with "Fine Books" by A Thomas, "Printed books from the Broxborne Library", "A Guide to the manuscripts of the British Museum", "Book Binding in Great Britain" by Maggs and "Book Auction Records vol. 81" and "English Historical Documents 1714-1815" (7)

Measom (George). Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway, including all the Branch Lines and Continuations, W.H. Smith and Son, [1857], with a presentation inscription from the author on the front free endpaper, folding map, num. wood-engs. in the text, 190 pp. trade ads. at the end, orig. blind-stamped cloth, lettered in gilt, faded, a trifle rubbed, a.e.g., 8vo, [Not found in Ottley], together with Fraser (James), Hand Book for the Lakes of Killarney, and the Surrounding Scenery, with Observations on the Country Travelled through by the Great Southern and Western Railway from Dublin; and the Railways from Limerick and Cork, Dublin, 1849, folding map, orig. cloth boards, soiled, stained, small 8vo, and Parry (Edward), The Railway Companion from Chester to Holyhead... To which is added, the Tourists Guide to Dublin and its Environs. Seventh Thousand, Chester, [?1849], folding map, orig. cloth boards, soiled, slightly rubbed, small 8vo -3